Annals of Beara Vol II, p.413: Caolrua O'Dwyer family continued — Pat O'Dwyer Butte mining career 1923-1930 + Mike O'Dwyer US Army WWII + (C) JOHN O'DWYER & KATHLEEN MCCARTHY next generation

Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II · Beara peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland

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Summary

Continuation of p.412 entry. Continues Johnny O'Dwyer + Ellen Lynch's children list from child (6) Pat onwards, then picks up section (C) for the next generation. **Pat O'Dwyer (Apr 5 1901)** has the richest emigration arc: Butte 1923 → Eureka lead mine UT → Silver King mine Park City UT → Bingham Canyon UT (then world's largest open-cut copper) → Port Angeles Dam construction NW US → San Francisco 1926-1930 (won Championship of California stepdancing 1927) → returned Butte 1930 → New York where he m. Ann O'Sullivan (Corneenach), daughter of Timothy O'Sullivan (Corneenach) + Mary O'Sullivan (Green) of Lochanacrainn near Kilmacillogue Cemetery, Lauragh → in later years returned to live just east of Eyeries Village. Other Caolrua-O'Dwyer continuations: - (7) Richie/Dick (Jan 3 1903) → Calumet Mines MI 1925 → Butte → SF → NY m. Tess Moloney from Headford Co. Galway - (8) Mike (Jan 19 1906) → Detroit → NY → US Army Training Officer Texas during WWII - (9) Nora (Dec 23 1907) → NY m. Frank O'Shea (son of Den O'Shea + Mary Murphy of Castletownbere; Mary Murphy was aunt of Brendan Murphy of Supermarket East End Castletownbere) - (10) Dan (Aug 12 1909) m. "cliamhain isteach" to Teresa O'Shea of Pulleen Ardgroom - (11) Lena (May 16 1911) m. John (Croumhane) O'Sullivan of Teernahilan Castletownbere; "had three sets of twins" - (12) Jim (May 1 1915) → London, WWII Sahara Desert + N. Africa **Section (C) JOHN O'DWYER & KATHLEEN MCCARTHY (CAOLRUA)** — John (settled home farm per p.412) + Kathleen McCarthy (daughter of Jer McCarthy + Margaret O'Connell, Gortacle, Kilcatherine) had 9 children including: - (1) Mary (May 29 1932) m. Mickie Healy → Marino Dublin - (2) John (June 28 1933) — Garda Sergeant New Ross Co. Wexford; former Chairman of the Munster Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann; appeared on Telefís Éireann as fiddle player with The Castle Ceili Band - (3) Robert (Aug 8 1934) — Forestry Official + saxophone player; Cahir Co. Tipperary - (5) Kitty (Nov 21 1937) — Nun (Sr. M. Gerard, Sisters of Nazareth); Sydney Australia → Mallow Co. Cork - (6) Michael (Mar 26 1942) — All-England Champion tin- whistle at Fleadh Ceoil - (7) Richard (Mar 26 1944) — Cabaret Group Boston; guitar/banjo/fiddle/accordion; US Television - (8) Finbarr (Sept 20 1946) — Cabaret + accordion records on Radio Éireann + US Radio + Television - (9) Margaret (Jan 28 1950) — Cork Corporation Clerical Staff, City Hall Substantial body of trad-Irish-music-industry detail in the next generation — the family's modern cultural footprint.

Also mentioned

Pat O'Dwyer (Apr 5 1901) · caolrua_butte_mining_emigrant_1923_to_1930s
Multi-state US mining + construction career; California stepdancing champion 1927; eventually returned to Eyeries Village.
John O'Dwyer (Sept 29 1897) + Kathleen McCarthy · section_c_next_generation_parents
Settled the Caolrua home farm; talented fiddle player and step-dancer; won the Munster Senior Championship for traditional Irish singing.
Jer McCarthy + Margaret O'Connell, Gortacle, Kilcatherine · kathleen_mccarthy_parents
John O'Dwyer Jr (June 28 1933) — Garda Sergeant + Castle Ceili Band fiddler · cultural_legacy_descendant
Finbarr O'Dwyer (Sept 20 1946) — accordion records on Radio Éireann + US TV · cultural_legacy_descendant

Places

Kilcatherine (parish) (primary)
Ballycrovane (secondary)
Butte, Montana (secondary)

Themes

Story threads

Berehaven Murphys

Related sources

undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II — Annals of Beara Vol II, p.412: JOHNNY O'DWYER & ELLEN LYNCH (CAOLRUA) — 14 children incl. Robert (1918 Pointe Ranna drowning victim, IRA Ballycrovane Co. captain) + the 1921 Black-and-Tans house-burning during the War of Independence

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--- newspaper: unknown date: unknown page: 413 --- Riobard O'Dwyer, N.T. 413 (surface copper) in Bingham, Utah, about half way between Eureka and Salt Lake City. He worked in the construction of the Port Angeles Dam, in northwestern U.S.A. just to the south of Vancouver Island. From 1926 to 1930 he was in San Francisco where in 1927 he won the Championship of California for stepdancing. In 1930 he returned to Butte, Montana, and went from there to New York where he married Ann O'Sullivan (Corneenach), daughter of Timothy O'Sullivan (Coorneenach) and Mary O'Sullivan (Green), Lochanacrainn (near Kilmacillogue Cemetery), Lauragh. In later years Pat and Ann returned to live just to the east of Eyeries Village; (7) Richie (or Dick) (Jan. 3rd 1903) went to the Calumet Mines, Michigan, in 1925, and from there to Butte, Montana, to San Francisco, and finally to New York where married Tess Moloney from Headford, Co. Galway; (8) Mike (Jan. 19th 1906) went first to Detroit and then to New York. During World War 2 he was Training Officer for the U.S. Army in Texas; (9) Nora (Dec. 23rd 1907) went to New York and married Frank O'Shea, son of Den O'Shea and Mary Murphy, Castletownbere. Frank's mother Mary Murphy (aunt of Brendan Murphy, Supermarket, East End, Castletownbere) died when he was a baby, and he was reared in Jerry Harrington's house in Milleens. Frank is a stepbrother of Donal O'Shea who is married in West End, Castletownbere, to Sheila O'Sullivan (Rua) of Cahirkeem Upper; (10) Dan (Aug. 12th 1909) married "cliamhain isteach" to Teresa O'Shea, daughter of Jack O'Shea and Nora O'Sullivan, Pulleen, Ardgroom; (11) Lena (May 16th 1911) married John (Croumhane) O'Sullivan, son of Michael (Croumhane) O'Sullivan and Brigid O'Connell, Teernahilan, Castletownbere, and had three sets of twins in her family. After John had died, Lena sold the Teernahilan farm to Paddy O'Driscoll, Kilcatherine Point, and went to New York. She later bought the house of Neilius Aherne, Victualler, The Square. Castletownbere, next door to the Provincial Bank; (12) Jim (May 1st 1915) went to London, was conscripted during World War 2 and fought in the Sahara Desert and North Africa. He is now married in London. **(C) JOHN O'DWYER & KATHLEEN MCCARTHY (CAOLRUA)** John and Kathleen had 9 children: — (1) Mary (May 29th 1932) was in the Civil Service in Dublin, Married Mickie Healy, son of Mike Healy and Bridie O'Leary, Shop, Ardgroom Village. Mickie and Mary live in Marino, Dublin City; (2) John (June 28th 1933) is a Garda Sergeant in New Ross, Co. Wexford, and is married to Ann Magee, daughter of Brian Magee and Elizabeth Larkin, Derrygooney, Co. Monaghan. A former Chairman of the Munster Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, he has appeared many times on Telefis Eireann as a fiddle player with the All-Ireland Champions, The Castle Ceili Band, Dublin; (3) Robert (Aug. 8th 1934), a Forestry Official and talented saxophone player, married Hannah Talbot, and lives in Cahir, Co. Tipperary; (4) Eileen (Feb. 25th 1936) died at 3 ½ years of age; (5) Kitty (Nov. 21st 1937), a Nun, Sr. M. Gerard of the Sisters of Nazareth, spent some years in Sydney, Australia, and is now in Mallow, Co. Cork; (6) Michael (Mar. 26th 1942) went first to London and won the All-England Championship for tin-whistle playing at the Fleadh Cecil. Returned to live in the home farm after his father had died in Sept. 1972; (7) Richard (Mar. 26th 1944) went first to London and later to Boston, Mass. where he has his own Cabaret Group. He plays guitar, banjo, fiddle and accordeon and has appeared on U.S. Television; (8) Finbarr (Sept. 20th 1946) went to London and married Mary Kelly, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway. He has appeared in Cabaret in several parts of Ireland and England etc. and has made many long playing records of Irish Dance Music on the accordeon. His records have been played on Radio Eireann and on U.S. Radio and he has appeared in Television; (9) Margaret (Jan. 28th 1950) is on the Cork Corporation Clerical Staff in the City Hall. ## Peripheral items - Page header: "Riobard O'Dwyer, N.T. 413" — running page header/folio for a book or journal